Texts

Cath Airtig‘The battle of Airtech’

Ulster Cycle

Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]
ff. 169va–170ra
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 pp 708-776 (comprising parts of vols 22 and 23), pp 792-809 (comprising part of vol. 23) [1616]
pp. 724–728

Classification

Ulster Cycle

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Best, R. I. [ed. and tr.], “The battle of Airtech”, Ériu 8 (1916): 170–190.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Bhreathnach, Edel, “Tales of Connacht: Cath Airtig, Táin bó Flidhais, Cath Leitreach Ruibhe, and Cath Cumair”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45 (Summer, 2003): 21–42.

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